Launched: Diverted from exercise, Rehoused 17:33 Both Burnham Lifeboats were exercising with an RAF helicopter on the Buxey Sands when Thames Coastguard received a report of a possible explosion and fire on a boat in the approaches to the Blackwater. The helicopter and the Atlantic were sent to investigate and the helicopter crew discovered that…

Launched 10:40, Rehoused 11:55 The Lifeboat was launched following a report from a passing yacht that they had seen somebody lying on a beach about a mile up river fom Burnham.  The potential ‘casualty’ turned out to be a man on his hands and knees looking for fossils for which the beach is well known. The Lifeboat returned to station after…

Launched 15:00, Rehoused 15:28 The B 733 Lifeboat was launched to assist a 12 metre powerboat aground at the entrance to the River Crouch.    When the Lifeboat arrived on the scene, she had floated off unassisted, so having checked that all was well, the Lifeboat escorted her to Burnham Yacht…

Launched 08:18, Rehoused 11:55 B 733 launched to assist a Grand Banks 32 cruiser aground on the edge of the Buxey sands and reported to be lying at such an angle that the two people on board thought that she might fall over.  The Lifeboat found her on the Swallowtail and now lying upright as she had settled into the shingle.  The owner had…